Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SALE OF COMMON STOCK

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SALE OF COMMON STOCK
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Sale Of Common Stock  
SALE OF COMMON STOCK

NOTE 16 – SALE OF COMMON STOCK

 

2022 Lincoln Park Transaction

 

On August 16, 2022, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “2022 Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “2022 Registration Rights Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). Pursuant to the terms of the 2022 Purchase Agreement, Lincoln Park has agreed to purchase from the Company up to $50,000,000 of the Company’s common stock (subject to certain limitations) from time to time during the term of the 2022 Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the 2022 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed with the SEC a registration statement to register for resale under the Securities Act the shares that have been or may be issued to Lincoln Park under the 2022 Purchase Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the 2022 Purchase Agreement, at the time the Company signed the 2022 Purchase Agreement and the 2022 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company issued 625,000 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2022 Purchase Agreement. The commitment shares were valued at $1,000,000 and recorded as an addition to equity for the issuance of the common stock and treated as a reduction to equity as a cost of capital to be raised under the 2022 Purchase Agreement.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 1.0 million shares of common stock under the 2022 Purchase Agreement, for net proceeds of approximately $0.5 million. 

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2022, the Company sold 0.6 million shares of common stock under the 2022 Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park for net proceeds of approximately $0.4 million.

 

Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park

 

On December 3, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park”) and a registration rights agreement (the “Lincoln Park Registration Rights Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park agreed to purchase from the Company up to $80,000,000 of the Company’s common stock (subject to certain limitations) from time to time during the term of the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park. Pursuant to the terms of the Lincoln Park Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed with the SEC a registration statement to register for resale under the Securities Act the shares that have been or may be issued to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park, at the time the Company signed the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park and the Lincoln Park Registration Rights Agreement, the Company issued 90,910 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of our common stock under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park. The commitment shares were valued at $1.6 million and recorded as an addition to equity for the issuance of the common stock and treated as a reduction to equity as a cost of capital to be raised under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 2.9 million shares of common stock under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park, for net proceeds of approximately $8.7 million.

 

Under applicable rules of the NASDAQ Global Market, the Company could not issue or sell more than 19.99% of the shares of its common stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park (approximately 2.9 million shares) to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park without stockholder approval, unless the average price of all applicable sales of its common stock to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park equals or exceeds a threshold amount. As the Company has issued approximately 2.9 million shares to Lincoln Park, by December 31, 2022, under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park at less than the threshold amount, the Company will not sell any additional shares under the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park without shareholder approval.

 

2021 Lincoln Park Transaction

 

On May 14, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “2021 Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “2021 Registration Rights Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Purchase Agreement, Lincoln Park agreed to purchase from the Company up to $80,000,000 of the Company’s common stock (subject to certain limitations) from time to time during the term of the 2021 Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed with the SEC a registration statement to register for resale under the Securities Act the shares that have been or may be issued to Lincoln Park under the 2021 Purchase Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Purchase Agreement, at the time the Company signed the 2021 Purchase Agreement and the 2021 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company issued 40,000 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of our common stock under the 2021 Purchase Agreement. The commitment shares were valued at $1.6 million and recorded as an addition to equity for the issuance of the common stock and treated as a reduction to equity as a cost of capital to be raised under the 2021 Purchase Agreement.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold an aggregate of approximately 2.0 million shares of common stock under the 2021 Purchase Agreement, for gross proceeds of approximately $41.3 million. During the year ended December 31, 2022, no shares of common stock were sold under the 2021 Purchase Agreement.

 

Under applicable rules of the NASDAQ Global Market, the Company could not issue or sell more than 19.99% of the shares of its common stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the 2021 Purchase Agreement (approximately 2.0 million shares) to Lincoln Park under the 2021 Purchase Agreement without stockholder approval, unless the average price of all applicable sales of its common stock to Lincoln Park under the 20121 Purchase Agreement equals or exceeds a threshold amount. As the Company has issued approximately 2.0 million shares to Lincoln Park under the 2021 Purchase Agreement, at less than the threshold amount, the Company will not sell any additional shares under the 2021 Purchase Agreement without shareholder approval.

 

February 2021 Financing

 

On February 8, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors relating to the issuance and sale of 1.8 million shares of its common stock, in a registered direct public offering (the “February 2021 Financing”), with A.G.P/Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”), acting as placement agent. The public offering price for each share of common stock was $38.40. The February 2021 Financing closed on February 9, 2021. AGP received a cash fee of 7% of the gross proceeds, for an aggregate amount of $4.9 million. The Company incurred other offering expenses of approximately $0.1 million. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $65.0 million, after deducting the fees and other offering expenses.

 

January 2021 Financing

 

On January 11, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors relating to the issuance and sale of 1.6 million shares of its common stock in a registered direct public offering (the “January 2021 Financing”), with AGP as placement agent. The public offering price for each share of common stock was $25.60. The January 2021 Financing closed on January 13, 2021. AGP received a cash fee of 7% of the gross proceeds, for an aggregate of $2.8 million. The Company incurred other offering expenses of approximately $0.3 million. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $36.9 million, after deducting the fees and other offering expenses.

 

At-the-Market Offerings

 

 On April 8, 2020, the Company entered into a sales agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with AGP pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell, from time to time, shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $320.0 million in at-the-market offerings (“ATM”) sales. AGP will act as sales agent and will be paid a 3% commission on each sale under the Sales Agreement. The Company’s common stock will be sold at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, and, as a result, prices will vary. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold approximately 56.4 million shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement, for net proceeds of approximately $85.3 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement, for net proceeds of approximately $69.3 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2022, the Company has sold 2.1 million shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement, for net proceeds of approximately $1.4 million.